Nichole Schaeffer is querying

Fantasy writer, therapist, and mom to the cutest 5-year-old ever (imho). I 💙cats and personality theory. #INFJ 2w1 #amquerying She/her. Libra ☀️ Cap 🌖 Sag ⬆️

[Nichole Schaeffer is querying @NSchaeffer27]

Hey #WritingCommunity, just posted an article on slashing word count and editing your manuscript for over-writers like myself). https://t.co/Xnacz2yiyl
Would love suggestions if I’ve missed anything! #amediting #amwriting #wordcount #writerslife

[Nichole Schaeffer is querying @NSchaeffer27]

@davidhogg111 Much love to you, please take good care of yourself as you grieve.

[Nichole Schaeffer is querying @NSchaeffer27]

@WaywardCelestia Thanks for posting this. I’ve been at it a couple years at a really slow pace and have gotten pretty discouraged, completely took a break from querying recently. This reminder will help me get back at it 💙

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@ParanormalJunk2 I’ve been feeling so demoralized lately at my continued failure in the query trenches, this is a ray of hope. Any recommendations for indie presses for urban fantasy writers?

[Nichole Schaeffer is querying @NSchaeffer27]

@sotirazbook I hired one to help with the first several chapters and the query letter, synopsis. I think it’s all in good shape yet nothing but rejections thus far.

[Nichole Schaeffer is querying @NSchaeffer27]

@ContraPoints One of my earliest dissents to my evangelical upbringing, probably at age 7, was the “streets of gold” and images of people singing hymns on repeat. I thought “gaudy AND boring”…. There’s got to be another option besides hell, right?

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@ContraPoints One thing that helped me break into fluency was getting the Spanish translations of my favorite English books (ones where i knew most of the words by memory), watched the dubbed version of my favorite movies. Oh, and get a language buddy to speak only Spanish with you!

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@DavidBadurina We don’t turn our noses up at Shakespeare for taking artistic liberty from a story that came centuries before. There’s space for new ideas. There’s space for retellings.

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@DavidBadurina There’s a whole lot of assumptions going on. Read the writers’ profiles and reviews of both books. The authors seem genuine, the readers seem to have enjoyed it and appreciated the representation. Don’t see a prob. Would you be as outraged if it were restyled in a different way?

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@DavidBadurina @GavinNewsom I was about 5yo when visiting extended family when my great uncle’s mentally ill, adult son grabbed me and held a gun to me while demanding $ from his father. This fucked me up for years. I can’t imagine how much worse living through a mass shooting would be.

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@DavidBadurina @GavinNewsom I dunno, it seems like good steps to keep people safe, and i can’t help but want to prioritize the well-being of the thousands and thousands of people that are being affected by gun violence in this country. People are living in fear just existing in this country bc of shootings.

[Nichole Schaeffer is querying @NSchaeffer27]

My kid insisted on wearing all four pairs of her sunglasses to the store, and got quite a lot of attention. The zero fucks she gives for conventionality is such an inspiration to me 😂

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@HWickersWriter @kristenwEditor Wow, the reviews glow so brightly they’re blinding! Thank you! Have you used her services personally? This looks like exactly what i need.

[Nichole Schaeffer is querying @NSchaeffer27]

Hey #amquerying #WritingCommunity anyone have a recommendation for a great editor who can help refine first chapters and query letter? Got 3 rejections in a day and need to step it up!

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Two query rejections in one morning. Starting the day off strong 😵‍💫 gotta remember this is a marathon not a sprint…

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My 5yo just complained about her doll leaving her shoes in the middle of the floor 😂🤦🏻‍♀️

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@esluken Wrote a blog post on querying and finding a way to overcome me knee-jerk desire for external validation. Maybe someone will relate 💙 https://t.co/4eP4RqBa5e

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Hey #writingcommunity and #amquerying crowd, here’s a blog post on working with perfectionism and self-validation while querying. Not advice so much as my own process, but hoping others can relate. Stay strong, stay vulnerable my dears 💙
https://t.co/4eP4RqBa5e

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Sigh… She ultimately rejected. 6 more outstanding to wait for. What a miserable process this is 😂

[Nichole Schaeffer is querying @NSchaeffer27]

Obsessing over Query Tracker and how an agent I’m excited about skipped my query but has responded to several after mine. Does this mean I’m a maybe? #amquerying #writingcommunity

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@ashtaylorwrite1 Thank you!!!